The Beauty of Economic Crisis

These images of closed stores, while somewhat disturbing, are tender and beautiful and too amazing not to share. Many are stores near where I grew up, I especially love the image of Frank's, a nursery and craft store I spent many, many hours at with my mother...now wild and overgrown. With each failure, there is room for newer and better in its place...

See the full slide show here.







(All images by Brian Ulrich c/o Time)